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June 21, 1932. v. H. CAROUSO REEL Filed Feb. 11, 1929 1 N V EN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented June 21, 1932 UNITE SAES PATENT FFICE VICTOR H. CAROUSO, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T DUART MANUFACTUR- ING CO. LITE-3;, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA REEL Application filed February 11, 1929. Serial No. 338,936.

The invention relates to reels and more specifically to twin reels adapted to rotate on a common axis in opposite directions and which are particularly adapted to use in a chandelier for the support of electric heaters for treatment of the human hair to impart thereto what is commonly known as a permanent wave.

In the usual hair dressing establishment it is the practice to use a chandelier having a plurality of heaters, usually twenty four in number suspended from the chandelier by cords for waving the hair. In performing this operation the hair is dampened with a suitable solution and separated into wisps which are wound around mandrels, and the mandrels with the hair wound there'around are then placed'into heating devices and heat 1 introduced thereinto, thereby drying the hair while wound on the mandrel which will result in imparting to the haira fixed wave after the mandrel is withdrawn from the hair.

An object of the invention is to arrange reels in couplets for the reeling thereon of the supporting cords for the heating devices. The reels are rotatable in opposite directions on a common shaft when dispensing the supporting cord therefrom while their respective directions of rotation are reversed when the supporting cords are reeled in thereon by the action of springs controlling the reels. The arrangement of the reels in couplets on a common shaft results not only in an economical use of space but obviates the necessity for the duplication of elements.

Another object of the invention is to prevent the stress on the supporting cord for the heating device caused by the tendency of the spring actuated reel to re-wind the cord thereon when it has been unwound therefrom for attaching the heating element to the hair.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of the character indicated, the parts of which in the interest of economy of manufacture may be struck from sheet metal.

For a fuller and more comprehensive understanding of the invention reference may now be had to the following specification specifically describing the invention by refdrawing forming part of this specification and in which like reference numerals indi cate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of a chandelier with a portion of the drum broken away for more clearly showingthe invention as applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of one of the twin reels and the-restraining pulleys associated therewith.

' Figure 3 is avertical sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2 lookingin the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figureet is a detailed end view of one of the restraining pulleys.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of one of the restraining pulleys showing the supporting cord looped therearound.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the washer showing the resilient dog thereon for locking the pulley against rotation in one direction.

Figure 7 is an edge view of the washer showing the dog extending therefrom.

Reference character 10 indicates the base of the chandelier with vertical standard 11 which preferably rotatably supports 1 the drum or housing 12 at the upper end thereof. 13 indicates a bracket U-shaped having iii-- wardly extending arms 14 and 15 which may be suitably secured to the inner face of the peripheral wall 16 in any-suitable manner as by rivets 17. Non-rotatably mounted between the arms 14 and 1-5 of bracket 13 is a shaft 18 upon which is rotatably mounted twin reels 19 and 20 having therebetween nonrotatabledisc .21 which is affixed to shaft 18. Reels 19 and 20 are provided with hollow hubs 22 and 23 for the reception therein of coiled springs 30,.one. end of the springs fixedly engaging the shaft 18, with their outer ends suitably engaging thereels 19 and 20 and adapted to exert a rotary movement to the respective reels in opposite directions. Atlixed to the peripheral wall of drum 12 is a dependent bracket 24 having a pulley 25 journaled on shaft 26 fixedly related to the bracket .Pulley supporting cords 17 may be looped around the pulley. which will form 'erence numerals taken together with the a slip connection for the cord intermediate the reel and the heater and thus act as a brake on the tendency of the reel to re-wind the cord thereon under the urge of the spring 30. Pulley 25 has a circular depression 27 formed in the base thereof for reception of the disc 28 which is affixed to bracket 24, the reduced portion of shaft 26 passing through aperture 33 of the disc 28. Disc 28 has struck upwardly therefrom dog 31 for engagement with detent 32 in the recess 27' of the pulley 25 for the purpose of locking the pulley against rotation in one direction.

It will be readily seen from the description of the pulley 25 with its co-related parts that the supporting cords 17 for supporting theheaters- 3at may be rotated in clockwise direction, as-viewed in Figure 5, thereby unreeling the cord from the reel but will be prevented from rotating in an opposite or clockwise direction bythe urge of the spring actuating the reel and tending to re-wind the cord-thereon by reason of the dog 31 engaging the detent 32 in the recess of the pulley. This avoids an, undue pulling action on the hair by the heatingelement which becomes more or less painful as the drying of the hair to set the wave therein requires a more or less lengthy duration of time.

It will be understood that in order to rewind the cord upon thereel by the action of the spring it will be but necessary to raise the heater with. the. hand, thereby relieving the cord of the weight of the heater, which will release the binding; action of the cord upon. the pulley by reason of the loop therearound and permit the spring to re-reel the cord by causing it to readily slip around the pulley after the loosening of the loop therearound.

Having thus described the invention, what I claimis:

1. A reel comprising a housing, a shaft fixed therein, a disc on said shaft, spring operated spools disposed on opposite sides of said disc and rotatable on said shaft, ears depending from said housing and having idler spools mounted. thereon, and means for prevent-ing reversal of said idler spools.

2. A reel comprising a pair of spring actuated spools rotatably mounted on a fixed shaft, a disc interposed between said spools, a bracket to support said shaft and dependingears on said bracket having idler spools mountedthereon,recesses in the bases of said idler spools adapted to cooperate with a spring pawl to prevent rotation of said idler spools'in one direction. 7

3. A reel comprising a bracket, parallel arms on said bracket, a shaftfixed between said arms, a disc fixed to said shaft, spring operated spools rotatably mounted on said shaft and disposed on opposite sides of said disc, said spools being adapted for opposite rotationunder spring tension, ears depending from said bracket, a disc fixed to said ears, up struck pawls on said discs, stud shafts centrally disposed in said discs and having rotatably mounted thereon idler spools, a counterbore in said spools for cooperation with said discs, and an arcuate recess in said counterbore for cooperation with said pawls adapted to resist rotation of said idler spools in one direction, and mounting holes in said bracket.

4. A reel for hair waving apparatus comprising a bracket having a pair of spaced arms, means for mounting a pair of spring actuated spools between said arms and on a common axis, said spools being adapted for rotation inopposite directions under spring tension, ears depending fromsaid bracket and being positioned laterally on each side of said arms,.idler spoolsmounted onsaidears with the axes thereof transverse to that of the first mentioned spools, and means for preventing turning of the idler spools in one direction.

5. In a device of the character described,.a drum, a pair of spaced arms Within the drum and secured to the peripheral wallthereof,

meansfor mounting a'pair of springactuated spoolsbetween said arms and on a common axis-said spools being adapted for rotation in opposite directions under spring tension, ears depending from-said bracket and being positioned laterally on each side ofsaid arms, idler spools mounted on said ears, and means for prevent-ing turning of the idler spools inone direction.

Int'estimony whereofI have afliXed-my 'signature. r

VICTOR H. GAROUSO. 1 

